The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1887-05-13
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/ of by Grant Allen and others,
! both 10 regald TO the relation be-
tween fertilization of flowers by
insects, and ia regard TO the as
thetic pleasure Of man in contem-
plating certain colors, has also
been considered in a very thorough
way by American think rs. Per-
haps the most entertaining and
instructive paper yet published on
the subject was one contributed by
DR.. l.. Webster Fox and G. M.
Gould, A. b.. 10 the American
Journal Of Ophthalmology last
September. 1t has Just been re-
printed in pamphlet form, under
the title of "The Human Color
Sense as the Organic Response to
Natural Stimuli;' and contains a
remarkable ampliication of theo-
ries, rather suggested than laid
down by the author Of Physical
Esthetics. OF course the reader
whom the subject can interest,
comprehends that outside the mind
no such thing as color exists; and
that the phenomena Of OfcoIurs, like
those Of sound, are simply results
of exterior impressions upon nerve
apparatus specially sensitive to
vibrutions--in the one case OF
ether, in the other of air. Every.
body, moreover, even those to-
tally ignorant Of the physiology Of
the eye, knows that certain colors
are called primary or elementary.
But it has probably occurred to
few to ask why,-except in re-
gard to mixing Of paints in a draw
ing-schocl.
The theories of Gladstone aud
Magnus that the men Of the Ho-
mer,c era we're color-blind, be-
cause Of the absence from the
Homeric poems of certain wor Is
expressive Of certain colors, have
been disproved by more thorough
modern research. The primitive
''ian : sense ., color. OF 'ne sem
si.lyeness o. ms 'retina 70 etner
vibrations, may not have been az
fine as that of the Roman mosaic,
worker who could select his ma
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